Dear colleagues, Consensus has been reached on 2016-05, "Synchronising the Initial and Subsequent IPv6 Allocation Policies". This policy change matches the subsequent IPv6 allocation requirements with the initial allocation requirements. In addition to the existing justification based on past utilisation, it is now also possible to document new needs, including the number of users, the extent of the organisation's infrastructure, the hierarchical and geographical structuring of the organisation, the segmentation of infrastructure for security and the planned longevity of the allocation. You can find the full proposal at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2016-05 The new RIPE Document is ripe-684 and is available at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-684 We estimate that this proposal will take around two weeks to fully implement. We will send another announcement once the implementation is complete and the new procedures are in place. Thank you to everyone who provided input. Kind regards, Marco Schmidt Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC